Professors Greer and Bullock detail DOL’s innovative approach
to improve outcomes and performance related to improper payments,
which is an area of operational risk that has been identified
as a legislative priority.

This paper provides analysis and a set of concrete recommendations,
both for the period of transition before the
inauguration, and for the start of the next presidency, to
encourage and sustain innovation in government.

Recent media attention has highlighted a series of high-profile security breaches, which have affected U.S. government agencies and their contractors, and severely damaged the public trust and confidence in our federal government.

In their study of eight Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical
centers in New England, the authors examined the current
use of best practices in inventory management in government,
based on a case study of VA hospitals.

The pilots are intended to coordinate
different federal programs and services from
across a range of agencies, allowing local participants
to request waivers from various federal
requirements in order to enable the integration of
different funding streams.